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He has litigated 113 jury trials, conducted more than 2,000 preliminary hearings and represented some 10,000 indigent clients.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

A decade there included three years in juvenile court, where she primarily handled felony cases, and five years at the San Fernando Courthouse, where she represented indigent clients facing felony charges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Five years ago, Devi, the only daughter in a rural, indigent Sri Lankan family and a principal figure in Randy Boyagoda’s “Lords of Serendipity,” made the finals of a spelling competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

When the center was founded in 1971, it mainly did legal work for clients who were indigent or had civil-liberties complaints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Collins needed the extra money; although not indigent, he was always short of income since he was living off Ethel’s salary as a part-time nurse.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The law allows public defenders to represent only indigents.

From Washington Times ● May 1, 2019

By late afternoon, old indigents with hennaed beards filled many of the alleyways, prostrate in nests of discarded twigs.

From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2019

When it becomes apparent, with the approach of evening, that the city cannot house all its indigents, those already in the library decide to stay there overnight.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 5, 2019

Nothing fancy or pretentious at this humble site, a resting place established for city indigents in the 1870s.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2019

People swarming in, cities doubling and trebling in numbers of inhabitants, while the fiscal guardians groan over the increasing weight of improvements and the need to care for a large new spate of indigents.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck